Cultivation of oyster mushrooms for beginners Bashny.Net

Today I would like to talk about how to grow oyster mushrooms. Everyone knows that the oyster mushroom and button mushrooms is the mushrooms that we buy in supermarkets, because they sell them fresh. Why not try to grow them with your own hands? It does not have to be an expert in the field of mushroom cultivation. Enough will adhere to a specific sequence of actions and you will succeed.

So, if you are seriously thinking to grow oyster, you will need to purchase mushroom spawn. Benefit now with this problem should not arise, because in the Internet you can purchase, and firms engaged in the cultivation of mushrooms, their sale and the sale of everything you need for growing abound. If you are a novice mushroom grower, then 1 kg of the mycelium will be enough, say to experiment. Perhaps something does not work, do not like it, why pay more? The mycelium should be stored at a temperature of +2-4 °C, which is fine refrigerator. Let's start with the preparation of the substrate.

 





Preparation of substrate for oyster mushrooms?

To prepare the substrate, you can use different components (raw materials), namely: corn cobs, straw of barley or wheat, husks of buckwheat, sunflower. For example, if you are using straw it must grind to the substrate was as tight as possible, because in nature oyster mushrooms grow on trees. Course material for the substrate should be clean, no traces of mold should not be. Enough about 10 kg.

The possibility of contamination of the substrate by various harmful organisms can be reduced to almost zero after subjecting it to heat treatment. Substrate is filled in a container of sufficient volume is filled completely with water and boil for about 2 h. After this treatment, drain off water and allow to cool the substrate to 25-28 °C. speaking of moisture: the substrate should be moist, but not so much that it was leaking water.

The formed blocks from the substrate

The next step in the cultivation of oyster mushrooms is the formation of blocks, since mushrooms are grown with their help. Blocks usually consist of plastic bags filled with substrate. Take our 10 kg in half, i.e. 5 kg in two packages. Again don't forget to disinfect – put packages for a couple of hours in a bleach solution (1-2 %). Further, the formed packages – our future mycelium into layers of substrate and mycelium. The substrate layer of 5-6 cm, on top of the mycelium 0.5 cm, and so has not complete package. Top layer — substrate. The package after filling, tie and make a hole with a length of 1-2 cm according to the type of chess boards in 10-15 see

 



The incubation period — the aging oyster mushrooms

After the packages have been prepared, they should be placed in the appropriate conditions. The incubation period is about 2-3 weeks. In the premises necessary to maintain temperature around +18-22 °C. in addition, the need to provide ventilation (several times throughout the day). Measures must be taken against flies. This is usually pretty good sticky tape. For the first few days, the substrate will be heated. The important thing is to monitor the temperature in the bags: it should not be higher than +30 °C. otherwise the mycelium will simply disappear. To reduce fever can use the same fan, because we're talking about growing oyster mushrooms not on an industrial scale. During this period light is not necessary. After 10-12 days, the mycelium grows completely around the substrate, which will be similar to a homogeneous mass.

Fruiting oyster mushrooms

The next stage – the fruition of what we've all been waiting for. If you reached this process it is possible to draw conclusions about the correctness of the work done. However, fruiting is not a harvest, so you should perform the following series of actions:

reduce the room temperature to +10-15 °C;
in contrast, the incubation period will now require lighting for 8-10 hours with the help of fluorescent lamps;
raise the humidity up to 90-95 %;
the room should be aired about 4 times a day.
 

How to grow oyster mushrooms?

Many may wonder as to maintain the desired humidity? This can be sprayed with water as a floor, and walls, they must exclude the ingress of water into the substrate. If all conditions are met, in the near future it will be possible to observe the appearance of small fungi, although to call it mushrooms more difficult. The fruiting period is about two weeks. Since the last days of the cap greatly increase in size, this period is considered optimal for harvest. It is worth noting that mushrooms need to be unscrewed from the substrate, and not cut, as used by many. This also applies to picking mushrooms in the forest. The fact that after cutting the mushroom through the remaining leg penetrate the harmful organisms that damage the mycelium.

After you collect the first harvest of oyster room is well ventilated and then wait for a second crop. Time is about two weeks. With regard to the subsequent conditions of growing oyster mushrooms, they remain the same as previously described. With such “spawn” you can collect up to 4 harvests, and the first two are the most fruitful. After harvest of the fourth crop the contents of the packages will have to be replaced, unless of course you want to continue to grow the oyster mushroom. As can be seen from the above material to grow oyster mushrooms is simple. In fact, the mushroom quite fun, because it's nice to see on his table mushrooms grown with your own hands. published

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